Formal announcement: "Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar intends to appoint Pastor Sinu Je as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier, VT effective July 1, 2022 and subject to the fulfillment of all of the requirements needed for a successful transition by the pastor and the respective churches affected by the appointment."
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Due to the rain shower this weekend,
the Trinity United Methodist Church & Anderbell Acres 2nd annual Easter Egg Fun Find has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 17 at 11 a.m. (immediately after Easter Sunday Service) at the church RSVP required at anderbellacres@gmail.com to make sure we have enough hidden treats! Saint Patrick's Day Tower Bells
Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:58 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, 137 Main St., Montpelier, Vermont Michael Loris plays the unrestored 1908 ten-bell chime and the 1872 bass (or bourdon) bell A Solemn Start 1. Ukraine Has Not Perished - The Ukrainian national anthem, followed by tolling 12 o'clock noon on the heaviest bell (2,552 lb.), celebrating its 150th birthday this year. Traditional Tunes 2. Jim Jones (Australian folk tune). "Come and listen for a moment, lads, and hear me tell my tale, / how across the sea from England I was condemned to sail. / Well, the jury found me guilty and then the judge, says he, / 'Oh for life I'm sending you, Jim Jones, across the stormy sea. / But take a tip before you ship to join the iron gang, / Don't get too gay in Botany Bay or else you'll surely hang. / Or else, you'll surely hang', says he, 'and after that, Jim Jones, / oh, it's high upon the gallows tree the crows will pick your bones.'" His crime? Poaching. 3. An Irish Lullaby 4. Bedlam Boys 5. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (Irish Lullaby) 6. Irish Girl 7. When Irish Eyes are Smiling 8. The Last Rose of Summer 9. That Tumble-down Shack in Athlone 10. Saint Patrick's Day (Jig) 11. Irish Washerwoman (Jig medley) 12. Clancy Lowered the Boom 13. Saint Patrick's An Dro 14. Macnamara's Band 15. Danny Boy 16. Matt Casey Formed a Social Club (The girl with the strawberry curl) A Solemn Closing 17. Healing Bells - The final piece was written in 2020 by two Dutch composers; it is based on the Ukrainian folk song of the same name. The bells alternate between sad (and being sick with Covid) and making crashing noises symbolizing the destruction of the virus. It ends quietly, sounding the death knell of the pandemic. Additional bell recitals planned for 2022 include Palm, Easter, and Pentecost Sundays; Memorial Day, Independence Day, foliage season (TBA), Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and for the 12th consecutive year, the Advent and Christmas seasons.
(photo by Amanda Frank, www.unsplash.com) This year’s Ash Wednesday service with imposition of ashes and communion will be both in-person and online (TUMC’s Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrinityUMCMontpelier) The liturgy for the service is adapted from Thom Shuman’s “You Mark Us as Your Own: An Ash Wednesday evening service in a time of pandemic” published by Wild Goose Publications, www.ionabooks.com Click above to view the recording of the "Hybrid" Candlelight Christmas Eve. Online: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrinityUMCMontpelier (livestream will begin at 6:45pm) During this Advent, we have been reflecting on the image of The Inn: Housing the Holy. Our Advent journey has led us to this moment when the light shining through a closed-door becomes one opened to new possibilities, new relationships. What a poignant moment for us to gather-both online and in-person-this Christmas Eve to sing carols, listen to children reading poems, hear the Good News from the Scripture and message, and light the candles of hope, peace, joy, love, and Christ together. OFFERING.
Candlelight Christmas Eve is worship. Like the magi who offered frankincense, gold, and myrrh, one of the ways to express our response to Christ’s birth in each one of us is through our financial offering. There will be Christmas envelopes included in your bulletins if you are in-person, or choose one of our online options. We will NOT be passing offering plates during the in-person service to minimize contact. There will be offering plates placed near the exits where you can leave your offerings. Give —> https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/trinityvt CANDLE LIGHTING. If you are worshipping with us online, please have a candle ready with you so that we can light the candle together. If you are joining us in-person, a candle will be provided to you as you enter the sanctuary. After singing the Silent Night, Holy Night, please DO NOT try to “blow” out the candles. This will cause everyone lowering their masks all at the same time. Instead, we will have ushers go around with candle snuffers. ABOUT THE GUEST ORGANIST. On Christmas Eve, we will be blessed by a guest organist, Christopher McWilliams. “Christopher McWilliams holds a BM Summa Cum Laude in Organ and Piano Performance and an MM With Distinction in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ. At WCC, he studied piano with Phyllis Lehrer and organ with Kenneth Cowan and Matthew Lewis. After graduating, he has worked primarily as a piano instructor at the Westminster Conservatory of Music from 2012 to 2020, where he taught mostly one-on-one lessons to students aged 7 to 17. He has also taught music theory to violin students at the Princeton String Academy, and he accompanied flute and violin students during recitals both in Princeton, NJ and at Weill Recital Hall in NYC. While he taught at WCM, he performed regularly in chamber music recitals with his former colleagues including Melissa Bohl, oboe, Marjorie Selden, viola, Michael Carl Green, trumpet, and Phyllis Lehrer, piano. Between 2011 and 2018, Mr. McWilliams served as organist of Princeton United Methodist Church, where he accompanied the elementary, youth and adult choirs and collaborated with solo instrumentalists. From 2014 to 2020, he also served as a weekly rehearsal accompanist for both First Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church in Princeton Junction and for the Taiwanese/American Fellowship Hall in Hillsborough, NJ. For a brief period between September and October 2019, he was an intern organist for the Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Ewing, NJ. Since June 2020, Mr. McWilliams holds a post as Director of Music at Bethany United Church of Christ in Montpelier, VT, where his main duties include leading the adult choir in worship, playing and maintaining the organ and pianos and collaborating with other soloists. Aside from being Director of Music, he is a faculty member of the Monteverdi School of Music and holds a teaching studio both at Bethany UCC and at his residence in Barre, VT.” Just a reminder that there will be No Community Lunch on Thanksgiving Day. We will see you next Thursday, December 2nd between 11:30am and 12:00pm on our front steps. Have a week filled with gratitude!
Reserve your meal for next week's Chicken Pie Dinner on Saturday, October 16th.
Meal includes Biscuit baked with chicken & mixed veggies. Mashed potatoes, gravy, butternut squash (made with real maple syrup) coleslaw, beet relish, cranberry sauce and choice of apple or pumpkin pie. EMAIL tumcreservation@gmail.com or CALL the reservation line at 1-802-613-3073 Phone and email are available 24/7 so don't worry about the time. Let us know:
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